Day One of Five in Rome
Day One--Arrive jet lagged in Rome and head to Trastevere, our home away from home for the next five days. The apartment is small but wonderful. Walk over the Punte Sisto to the heart of Rome. Walk to Piazza Campo De Fiori to have lunch. Piazza Campo De Fiori was once the site of public executions, in fact a statue one of the victims Giordano Bruno … [Read more...]

If you like Katie Parla Part One you are going to LOVE Part Two of Katie Parla's interview is below. In part two Katie, the Rome aficionado, discusses her app Rome for Foodies, and a few suggestions as where NOT to eat in Rome. … [Read more...]

In April I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Katie Parla of the blog Parla Food. If you haven't checked out her site you should. To write about the experience is one thing, to actually see and hear Katie is quite another.
So here in what I hope to be the first of many videos, is Katie Parla Part One. … [Read more...]

I have long purported that Naples, Italy is one of my favorite cities: chaotic, crass and crazy. I longed for Mz. Riz to understand my love of, well my motherland. My love affair with Naples began in 2002 while working on a show called “The Five Star Hotels of Italy”. Yes, I know, it’s a tough life but somebody’s got to do it. The Neapolitan hotel we profiled was Hotel San … [Read more...]

We arrived in Naples excited to taste the difference between Roman cuisine and the southern cuisine of Naples. So we headed to Hosteria Toledo just two rights and a left from our hotel. This is a restaurant that has been around since the 1950s. The small, bustling dining room is draped with checkered tablecloths and attended by a no nonsense woman who knows her job. … [Read more...]